Improvement in milliners  and hatters  irons



v V. HENRY. Milliners and Hatters Iron.

No. 217.217. Patented July 8,1 79.

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N. FEKERS. PHOTO-LITHOGRAPHER, WASHINGTON,

UNITED STATES PATENTQFFIGE.

VICTOR HENRY, OF WAPELLO, IOWA.

IMPROVEMENT IN MILLINERS AND HATTERS IRONS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 217,217, dated July 8,1879; application filed July 5, 1878.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, VIcroR HENRY, of Wapello, in the county of Louisaand State of Iowa, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inlVIilliners and Hatters Irons, of which the following'is a descriptionsuflicient to enable any one skilled in the art to make and use my saidinvention.

I The device, illustrated by a perspective view, Figure 1, by asideview, Fig. 3, and by a plan or top view, Fig. 5, consists of acast-metal receptacle, whichI denominate iron No.1. The side walls ofthis receptacle or iron gradually converge, as shown in Figs. 1 and5,and are so formed that the said iron is .of convex shape upon one sideand concave upon the other. In the walls at the ends of iron A arescrewed the ends of the handles B; but one of these handles isillustrated in Fig.1, though in Fig. 3 a section of the handle isrepresented as being secured in one end, while an opening for theIGOGPtIOIISOf another handle is shown in the opposite end of the iron.

The peculiar conformation of this device adapts it to use in blockinghats and the like, the concavity upon one side and the convexity uponthe other enabling the operator to press or block surfaces having thecurvature incident to bats or other articles of head-gear. In otherwords, the concave side may be applied to the material while upon ablock, or the convex side may be applied to the material either upon amold-board or upon an ordinary table. By removing one handle the ironmay be applied to the material to be pressed or ironed when the same isto be blocked out in a form approximating to an oval.

The iron shown in Figs. 2, 4, and 6 is for smaller work, such asfinishing up hats or bonnets, or light articles. It is formed of acastmetal body, 0, and a handle, D, is secured thereto in any suitableway. This iron, which I may denominate iron No. 2, resembles in outlinethe interior configuration of the receptacle or open chamber in the ironNo. 1. As shown in Fig. 2, its sides converge toward the end a, and asshown in the end View, Fig. 7, these sides also converge toward thebottom edge, 0 This iron will, it is evident, be capable of beingapplied either to regular or irregular shaped surfaces in a mannersimilar to that described in connection with iron No. I.

Said iron No. 1 may be used as a heater, whereby iron No. 2 will be keptsufficiently heated for working purposesby being set therein, or, ifdesired, iron No. 2 may be used as the heater, and iron No. 1 therebykept in a properly-heated state.

What I claim is- 1. Thecast-metal receptacle or iron A, formed concaveupon one side and convex upon the other, and also formed with its sidewalls converging toward one end, substantially as shown, and for thepurposes set forth.

2. The metallic casting 0, formed convex upon one side and concave uponthe other side, and with the said sides converging toward one end,substantially as shown and described.

3.. In combination with the hollow iron A,

the removable handle B, substantially as speci- 4. The hollow iron A, incombination with the solid casting or iron 0, both having the peculiarconformation herein shown and described, and adapted to be employed inthe art of blocking hats and the like, as herein

